Diagnosing a standby problem in Windows
1 min read · Updated 3 October 2023
Hello,
In the previous video, I explained how to diagnose a standby exit problem in Windows.
In this new video, I show how to diagnose a standby problem in Windows.
If your computer doesn’t go to sleep automatically, there’s probably a process that’s preventing it from going to sleep.
Commands used in the video
# Show watch-related events (In Powershell)Get-WinEvent -ProviderName Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter | Out-GridView
# Diagnose what is preventing a PC from going into standby modepowercfg /requestsVideo : Diagnosing a standby problem in Windows
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